Mi'crobes

Morphine

Mu'cous Mem'brane

Mu'cous Mem'brane: the skinlike lining of all tubes of the body exposed to the air.

Mu'cus

Mu'cus: the slippery secretion from the mucous membrane.

Narcot'ic

Narcot'ic: a substance which tends to make the organs of the body act more slowly.

Nic'otine

Nic'otine: the chief poison in tobacco.

Oxida'tion

Oxida'tion:the union of oxygen with any substance.

Pan'creas

Pan'creas: an organ in the abdomen which makes an important digestive juice.

Paral'ysis

Paral'ysis: loss of power to feel or move in any part.

Par'asite

Par'asite: any plant or animal which eats the living substance of any other plant or animal.

Pari'etal

Pari'etal: a bone on the side of the head.

Pas'teurizing

Pas'teurizing: heating a substance to about 150 degrees for a half hour or less, sufficient to kill most of the bacteria.

Perios'teum

Perios'teum: the membrane around the bone.

Phalan'ges (Falan'jees)

Phalan'ges (Falan'jees): the bones of the toes and fingers.

Phar'ynx (Far'inks)

Phar'ynx (Far'inks): the cavity of the throat.

Pro'teid

Pro'teid: a substance forming nearly all of muscle after the water is dried out.

Res'piration

Res'piration: the exchanging of carbon dioxide for oxygen.

Ret'ina

Ret'ina: the inner coat of the eye.

Sa'crum

Sa'crum: the bone which forms that part of the spinal column between the hips.

Sali'va

Sali'va: the slippery fluid used in moistening the food in the mouth.

Sew'age

Sew'age: all household waste except the garbage.

Stim'ulant

Stim'ulant: that which hastens the action of an organ without later slowing it.

Thorac'ic

Thorac'ic: belonging to the thorax or chest.

Tib'ia

Tib'ia: the larger bone in the lower part of the leg.

Tra'chea (Tra'kea)

Tra'chea (Tra'kea): the wind pipe.

Tuberculo'sis

Tuberculo'sis: a disease caused by the tubercular germs.

Tym'panum

Tym'panum: the middle ear.

Vac'cine (Vak'siri)

Vac'cine (Vak'siri): a collection of weak germs or a solution containing a weak poisonous product of germs, put into the body beneath the skin to prevent disease. Smallpox vaccine consists of smallpox germs weakened by growing them in the skin of calves.